Category Archives: Mentoring News

MENTOR NEBRASKA NAMES MELISSA MAYO AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MENTOR Nebraska’s Board of Directors announced today that Melissa Mayo has been appointed the new Executive Director of the nonprofit devoted to strengthening and advocating for youth mentoring in Nebraska. “While Melissa has served as MENTOR Nebraska’s Interim Executive Director over the last three months, our organization and community have also had an opportunity to…
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6th Annual Mentoring Awareness Luncheon Recap

    Mentors, program providers, business leaders and elected officials arrived at the CenturyLink on August 3rd for MMP’s 6th Annual Mentoring Awareness Luncheon. All of the guests in the audience attended the event with one goal—to celebrate the best of youth mentoring in the Omaha community.  KETV News Watch Seven First News anchor John…
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metroMAGAZINE: National Mentoring Month

Thank you to metroMAGAZINE for highlighting National Mentoring Month and the 5th Annual Mentoring Summit & Youth Development Luncheon. Midlands Mentoring Partnership appreciates the support Omaha gives to quality mentoring efforts. View the 16 page metroMAGAZINE mentoring-focused pull-out here!
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KETV Features Youth Mentored throughout Foster Care

Midlands Mentoring Partnership supports quality mentoring programs focusing on many different special populations of youth. One such focus is youth in foster care, and MMP is happy to announce the effort's of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands' new initiative to serve more youth in foster care. Awarded with a grant from MMP, Big Brothers…
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MMP Mentor of the year featured in Omaha World Herald

Omaha World Herald published an article featuring Tess Larson,  MMP Mentor of the Year. The article covered by Erin Grace and titled "Mentor of year is part friend, part mother hen, part adviser" provides an insight into Larson's experience as a mentor over the years.  To access the full story on Omaha World-Herald's website please click…
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Omaha World Herald Highlights January as the National Mentoring Month

Omaha World-Herald featured an article titled "A guide, a friend, a mentor" by Mike Bell, highlighting the importance of mentoring in Omaha cohort and promoting January as the National Mentoring Month. The article includes remarks from the CEO of BBBS, coordinators of TeamMates, local mentors, and their mentees. Click here to access the news on Omaha World-Herald's website.
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